Health Care Tips

Many of you have chronic health conditions that you have to live with day-to-day. Our goal is to assist you to learn to manage them within your own home and living area.

Below are websites that will provide you with information about chronic health conditions. These educational sites may help you manage your chronic health conditions day-to-day.

 Health and wellness are important because we want you to feel and be at your best. Below are national websites that will give you tips on eating and getting healthy..

• Healthy Recipes: Click Here
• Healthy Living: Click Here

• Getting Healthy: Click Here
• Heart Healthy Recipes: Click Here
• Get Moving: Click Here

• Control Your Weight: Click Here
• Eat Right: Click Here

Questions to Ask My Physician

• Why am I having these symptoms/problems?
• Is it possible that there is more than one issue causing my symptoms/problem(s)?
• Are there any tests that can be done to determine what my problem(s) is or why I am having these symptoms?
• What do these tests do?
• What do I have to do to prepare for these tests?
• Are these tests safe?
• Now that I am diagnosed with this diagnosis, what does it mean for the short-term and long-term?
• What are the treatment options available to me?
• Is there one treatment that is more effective than the others?
• What are the risks for each treatment or Do the benefits of each treatment outweigh the associated risks?
• At what point should I contact you, if things aren’t getting better, or seem to be getting worse?
• Are you or is there someone else available after hours, if I need to contact you regarding my diagnosis and/or treatment? How do I contact this person?
• Are there any problems with taking these different medications together?
• Are there problems with taking this new medication with all the other medication I take?
• Is there any other information that I need to be aware of to help me better manage this condition?